Y4 11+ Week Commencing 13th April (week 2 of 6)

13 Apr

Welcome back.

We hope you had an enjoyable and restorative half-term break. Please remember lessons start back today (MONDAY). I am aware some children are not back due to teacher training days at their school.

We now enter our final term, with just 13 weeks of regular teaching remaining. At this stage, we recommend beginning to increase home study to around 20-30 minutes per day, ideally split into 10–20 minute sessions. We also encourage you to consider any additional sessions we offer, if you are not already attending, as these can be very helpful in building confidence and addressing any remaining gaps. Please note that further ad-hoc 1:1 sessions will become available, but these will be very limited.

During the holidays, we will continue to run workshops (each workshop is different), mock tests, and 1:1 lessons. These will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Booking links will be shared in the next few weeks.

For those who have already placed book orders, your resources will be distributed this week. If you have not yet received yours, please do get in touch. If you have not yet ordered, we do still have limited stock available.

A Couple of Important Reminders

Parking

Please do not park on site. The parking spaces belong to other organisations using the venue. We really appreciate your understanding and cooperation in respecting this arrangement.

Attendance

Classes run Monday to Saturday. If your child is unable to attend a session, please let us know as early as possible. Where space allows, we will always do our best to offer an alternative session within the same week.

Please do not simply turn up to another session without prior arrangement.

Thank you, as always, for your continued support. We’re looking forward to a productive and successful term ahead.

Warm regards,
Chris, Nic and the team

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THINGS TO BOOK

SPATIAL (NON-VERBAL) REASONING FOCUS LESSONS BOOK HERE

Week 4: 27th April - 2nd May

Week 5: 4th May - 9th May

Week 6: 11th May - 16th May

THIS IS A MUST BOOK!! Spatial reasoning in the 11+ GL test (UK) is all about how well a child can understand and manipulate shapes and patterns in their mind. It doesn’t test knowledge in the same way as maths or English, but instead looks at how children think about space, movement, and visual relationships.

In the GL Assessment papers, spatial reasoning questions might involve:

Identifying the next shape in a sequence.
Finding the hidden shape within a diagram.
Rotating or reflecting a shape in their head.
Finding a the cube face that does not fit from a net.
Spotting which shape is different or doesn’t belong.

Many children find this area the most challenging, because it is so visual. Unlike vocabulary or times tables, which can be revised in a more straightforward way, spatial reasoning relies heavily on visualisation skills—being able to “see” the shapes move or change mentally. Some children naturally enjoy this type of puzzle, but for many it takes practice and confidence to improve.

That’s why we are progressing these sessions much earlier this year with content slightly less challenging before we review again later in the Summer. By introducing spatial reasoning well in advance, children will have more time to build up these visual skills gradually, without pressure. The earlier start also means we can go over different types of questions carefully, helping children become more confident with the concepts and strategies they’ll need for the 11+.

VOCABULARY

WORD OF THE WEEK: Infer (Find a synonym, antonym and put it into a sentence)

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This week’s KAHOOT quiz pin: 04841853 (NVR QUIZ 2)

Well done to Alyssia (again). Our winner last week . You get 5 raffle tickets!!

Remember to play through kahoot.it . Use name1, name2, name3 etc for each play!

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HOMEWORK

8-9 NVR ASSESSMENT TEST 6

8-9 MATHS ASSESSMENT TEST 4

Unsure how to do homework or independent study - watch this link

PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO LINK: VERAL REASONING: Letters for numbers before the lesson. This can replace a 10min test and children will receive 2 raffle tickets for doing so.

We are coming towards the end of the 8-9 books and will be moving onto the 9-10 books. I plan to do an order this weekend for the books. You can order here.

Coming to the end of the 10min test books? The next steps are the focus books. Order here

CGP 10 min test nooks 8-9 - Over the Easter break please aim to complete as many 10min tests as you can so we can begin to move onto the 9-10 books in the next few weeks.

Finish the booklet from the lesson and return in the following week. Remember to complete the vocab in context. To be handed in week commencing 13th April

REMEMBER: to mark the homework with your child and bring it to next lesson.

REMBEMBER THE HOMEWORK IS DUE IN NEXT WEEK’S CLASS.

Complete at least 3 tests from each of the 10min test books. REMEMBER to mark this with your child daily & go through mistakes. Suggested time table is available in our 11+ guide. https://www.elevenplussuccess.com/11-useful-documents